quernus, Epinephelus Seale [A.] 1901:3, Fig. 1 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 1 (no. 4); ref. 14358] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): BPBM 481. •Valid as Epinephelus quernus Seale 1901 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:238 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:218 [ref. 21042], Mundy 2005:348 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:197 [ref. 30952]). •Valid as Hyporthodus quernus (Seale 1901) -- (Craig & Hastings 2007:17 [ref. 29046], Craig et al. 2011:286 [ref. 31786], Ma & Craig 2018:456 [ref. 36100], Parenti & Randall 2020:86 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Hyporthodus quernus (Seale 1901). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Johnston Atoll and Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.